Home Textiles Today - July 16, 2007

When it comes to the biannual Atlanta International Area Rug market, it's not unusual for retailer traffic to be noticeably slower in July compared to the popular January event. But many suppliers are complaining about lighter-than-usual appointment lists this time around, and they are blaming the proliferation of competing market events vying for buyers' time, and ultimately, ...

• Business Today
• Value Retailers Win in June
• June Comps in Flaccid Finish
• Sears/Kmart Comps Shake Wall Street
• Small Biz Barometer Tips Down

• News
• Salon de Textile Cancelled
• Home Source Acquires Karsten's Terrisol
• JCPenney Lures Teens
• Hautman Brothers Art to Grace Bedding
• Retail Sales in June Swoon
• Hudson Debuts Down Overlays
• Lenders Notify Quaker Fabric of Default
• Plying Confusion
• Pacific Coast Preps N.Y. Space for Jessica McClintock Debut
• ABC Carpet Offers Summer of Love Rugs
• Retail Briefs
• New Equity Firm Seeks Retail Targets
• RugSale.com Streamlines Website
• For the Record
• Pillowtex Names New Licensee, Renews Maples
• Bloomie's Holiday Hits: Throws, Lauren Spa
• Whoopi Bedding Ready
• Wools of New Zealand Welcomes New Licensees

• Opinion Today
• Crisis in Decorative Fabric
• Neck and Neck

• People Today
• Duckwall-ALCO Names Top Merchant
• Karastan Promotes Storey
• Feizy Hires Hill
• Colonial Mills Welcomes Back Thayer
• Safavieh Taps Tagliarino
• Nostalgia Home Fashions Hires Williams

• Special Report
• Atlanta Rug Show
• What's New at the Atlanta Rug Show
• Top 50 Retailing Giants
• Who's Who in the Top 50
• Specialty Stores Sole Gainer